WEBVTT
IS CLEARED.
KIM: BUT AS NEWS 8'S PORCHA
JOHNSON EXPLAINS, HE'S NOW
FOUND A WAY TO
FIX WHAT IS
BROKEN.
PORCHA: THIS IS POWER.
HOWARD HENRY SAYS --
>> OH, THIS
IS AWESOME.
PORCHA: -- IS MUCH GREATER
THAN HIM.
>> MY LIFE IS CENTERED AROUND
JESUS CHRIST, AND
I LIVE MY
LIFE DIRECTED BY HIS WORDS AND
HIS COP HANDS.
PORCHA: HENRY SAYS GOD IS
REVEALLING HIS PURPOSE AFTER
HE WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN
HOWARD TIRE, HIS BUSINESS FOR
NEARLY 20 YEARS CAME TO AN END
WHEN AN APARTMENT BUILDING
WALL COLLAPSED
ON HIS
BUILDING.
>> THIS IS JUST AN
INTERRUPTION OF MY BUSINESS,
BUT NOT OF MY LIFE.
PORCHA:
HIS NEW LIFE IS
CONTINUING TO HELP OTHERS GET
THEIR TIRES FIXED FOR FREE.
>> AND IT
ALL STARTED WITH A
SINGLE MOM WHO HAD SOME BABIES
IN THE BACK SEAT, WHO NEEDE
HELP.
AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY
FOR A FLAT REPAIR, AND SHE
ASKED ME IF I WOULD
HELP HER.
PORCHA: FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS,
HENRY HAS BEEN USING HIS
BUSINESS
TO GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
HE HAS DONATED MORE THAN 500
CARS AND MADE THOUSANDS
OF
REPAIRS FOR FREE.
>> I UNDERSTAND BROKENNESS.
I GET
IT.
PORCHA: HIS MINISTRY OF GIVING
FOR YEARS INSIDE HIS TIRE SHOP
IS NOW OFFICIALLY A
NONPROFIT
CALLED HEART WRENCH, WHICH
HELPS PROVIDE FREE CAR PARTS
TO THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD
TO
GET THEIR CAR FIXED.
SINCE HOWARD TIRE IS NO LONGER
IN BUSINESS, HENRY IS ABLE TO
USE SOME OF THE CAR
PARTS HERE
FOR THE SERVICE.
THE NONPROFIT WORKS A
NETWORK
OF GARAGES AND CHURCHES MAKE
IT HAPPEN.
>> THIS IS THE VISION
THAT GOD
EXPLODED IN MY MIND OF PEOPLE
WHO HAD THE HEART TO FIX WHAT
WAS BROKEN.
PORCHA: AND

'Heart-wrenched' helps provide free car parts to those in need

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Updated: 1:18 PM EST Dec 13, 2016

After a wall collapse damaged a long-standing tire business in Harrisburg, the owner says he is moving on, but still helping others.